Medical talk has always been his best friend's field of expertise rather than Jim's but the captain nods along with everything Alex says regardless. Whatever this kid's going through isn't easy on him. Doesn't take being a CMO to know that much. When Alex pulls away Jim lets him go, rocking back on his heels from where he's squatting. Trying to look calm and reassuring when internally he's panicking about making a kid nearly cry.
Maybe it was the pain getting to him, or maybe this whole situation finally got to be too much. But Jim Kirk's the only adult here right now so he's just going to have to do his best to help Alex through this.
"Not every job makes someone be up on their feet all day, you know? I bet if you looked around there might be some way to do school at a pace you could handle. Like on...line?" Is that what they called it back then? Jim honestly struggles a whole lot with what a majority of the humans in the Nexus call 'modern' Earth. It's so ancient for him. "And sure, linguists are useful in all kinds of fields. If you want to do that for a job, you just keep studying and then find a field you can apply it to and slowly start studying that, too."
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Maybe it was the pain getting to him, or maybe this whole situation finally got to be too much. But Jim Kirk's the only adult here right now so he's just going to have to do his best to help Alex through this.
"Not every job makes someone be up on their feet all day, you know? I bet if you looked around there might be some way to do school at a pace you could handle. Like on...line?" Is that what they called it back then? Jim honestly struggles a whole lot with what a majority of the humans in the Nexus call 'modern' Earth. It's so ancient for him. "And sure, linguists are useful in all kinds of fields. If you want to do that for a job, you just keep studying and then find a field you can apply it to and slowly start studying that, too."